Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 131 - 140 of 150 results for "Economics Committee"

New tax proposals aim to consolidate lost super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... to benefit people who have rediscovered lost super balances in various funds. The House of Representatives economics committee is urging MPs to adopt the bill, aimed at simplifying super consolidation and improving business tax rules in certain areas. ...

FOFA debate due after PJC report: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... until December to submit their views on the legislation, and appeared before the PJC last month. The Senate Economics Committee is also due to report on the bill on March 14.

Christmas deadline for FOFA clarity: ANZ

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... it will start reducing a lot of the spend." With the first tranche of the FOFA legislation with the Senate Economics Committee until its March 14 report date, many in the industry are concerned the reforms will only squeak through within weeks of the ...

Political debate defers FOFA clarity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... November) with issues such as best interest sure to come under further scrutiny from industry groups. The Senate Economics Committee report is due on March 14, as well as the Parliamentary Joint Committee report on FOFA due on February 29, leaving little ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Resource Development Group Ltd are due to list on the Australian Securities Exchange. In Canberra, the Senate Economics Committee reports its findings on competition in the Australian banking sector. On Thursday, the Australian share market drifted away ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Resource Development Group Ltd are due to list on the Australian Securities Exchange. In Canberra, the Senate Economics Committee reports its findings on competition in the Australian banking sector. On Thursday, the Australian share market closed more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases labour force data for February. In equities news, hearings by the Senate Economics Committee in its inquiry into the impact of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry continue in Sydney. The case of packagers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... infrastructure needs in Sydney. Lehman Brothers vs Wingecarribee Shire Council continues in Federal Court. The Senate Economics Committee will hold a session in Sydney for its inquiry into competition within the Australian banking sector. The Senate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... Court in Sydney, packagers Amcor Ltd and Visy Group face charges of price-fixing. In Melbourne, the Senate Economics Committee continues hearings in its inquiry into the impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry. On Monday, the Australian ...

Super is not for winning votes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... rules," he said. "And I represent a fund that has nurses and teachers in it, and I appear before the Senate Economics Committee and they tried to tell me that the nurses and teachers were the wealthy. Give me a break, the same amount of thought that ...